All Obituaries

Greensboro, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mr. Robert McKinley of 514 Leitzel Avenue Greensboro,North Carolina, who passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022; at the residence of his daughter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Robert was born on April 11, 1951; as the tenth child to the late Reverend William Long and Mrs. Rachel Garland Long; in Milton, North Carolina. Robert graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School in Yanceyville, North Carolina. He later studied at...

Reidsville, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mr. Darrence  Darrell Watlington 37, of Reidsville., who passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022 in the Sovah Health in Danville, VA. He was the son of Barney Williams and Shirly Watlington Stokes, born June 2, 1984 in Orange County, NC. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Ellen W. Turner and Sammy P. Hunt Jr.; paternal grandfather, Ernest Williams Sr. His survivors are...

Pelham, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mrs. Marie Foster McLaughlin of 5405 Allison Rd. Pelham, NC, who passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in the  Annie Penn Memorial Hospital ( Cone Health ) Reidsville, NC. She was a native of Caswell County, NC the daughter of the late Otis Foster Sr. and Bettie Russell Foster, born June 15, 1934. Marie was a member of Blackwell Missionary Baptist Church, where she was mother of the church, missionary and a deaconess. She...

Ruffin, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mrs. LaJeanna Simmons Simpson 57,  of 108 Smith Rd. Ruffin, NC, who passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 in the Moses Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro, NC. LaJeanna was born August 18, 1964 in Newburgh, New York and was a native of Akron, Ohio for 18 years. She then moved to Reidsville, NC,  where she met her life partner, Raymond Simpson.  She was the daughter of Richard Simmons and the late Jean Doris Simmons...

Yanceyville, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Baby  Brielle Leeanna Davis who passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022 in the UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. Baby Brielle was born April 7, 2022 in Chapel Hill, NC, the daughter of Brianna Watlington and Tevin Davis. Her survivors are mother, Brianna Watlington and father, Tevin Davis  both of Yanceyville, NC; three brothers, Brayden Davis, Kade Davis and Breyon Watlington; one sister, Akirah Davis; grandmothers,...

Pelham, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mr. Eddie Noble of 4111 Old US Hwy 29 Pelham, NC. who passed away Friday, April 29, 2022 in the SOVAH Health Danville, VA. Eddie Noble was born in Pelham, North Carolina on Dec 25, 1935. He was the youngest of two sons born to the late Harry Linwood Noble Sr. and Dorothy Brown Noble.  He lost his mother at an early age in 1945, but was lovingly cared for by his stepmother Sue Clark Noble.  He grew up with his...

Milton, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announced the death of Ms. Mary Wallace Yancey of 119 Shepard Dr. Milton, NC, who passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at her residence. Ms. Mary was born in Caswell County, North Carolina on August 16, 1933, to the late Alexander Yancey and Sallie Cobb Yancey. Ms. Mary was a homemaker and a member of Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church, in Pelham, NC. In addition to her parents, Ms. Mary was preceded in death by her son, Michael Wallace Yancey,...

Yanceyville, NC –  It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Mrs.  Pamela Sherrell Slade Douglas, 59, of 4458 Hwy 158 W. who  passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at her residence.  She was born June 17, 1962 to Lillian Ossie Dean Cobb and the late John “Skip” Roosevelt Slade, Sr.   Pam was a graduate of Bartlett Yancey High School’s Class of 1980 and attended Rockingham Community College and she was a member of Blackwell...

Yanceyville, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announce the death of Ms. Margie Badgett - Lampkin 67, of 168  Dillard School Dr., who passed away Monday, April 18, 2022 in the UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill, NC. She was a native of Caswell Co. NC, the daughter of Salem and Joyce Brown Badgett, born December 16, 1954.  Margie was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. Margie was a graduate of Bartlett Yancey High School class of 1973 and Averett College ( Averett...

Blanch, NC - It is with profound sorrow we announced the death of Mr. Odell Mitchell, age 81 of 2049 High Rock School Rd. Blanch, NC, who passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in the UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus, in Hillsborough, NC. Odell was born in Caswell County, North Carolina on February 25, 1941, to the late George Pendleton Mitchell and Ada Moore Mitchell. Odell graduated from the Caswell County High School in the “Class of 1960” in Yanceyville, NC. Odell was a...